Vivek Jalan is a Chartered Accountant, a qualified LL.M (Constitutional Law), LL.B & MBA(International Trade). He is the Partner of Tax Connect Advisory Services LLP. He is the Chairman of The Fiscal And Taxation Committee of The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He is the Conveynor of the Indirect Tax Core Group of The CII-Economic Affairs Committee - ER. He is the Member of The GST Grievance Redressal Committee of The CGST & SGST. He is the Member of The Consultative Committee of The Commissioner of SGST. He is also The Member of The regional Advisory Committee of The Chief Commissioner of CGST.He is a regular Columnist and guest expert in Economic Times, Times of India, Money Control, Live mint, CNBC, Hindustan Times, Zee Business, Financial Express and other dailies. He is the Co-Editor of Weekly Bulletin TAX CONNECT, a publication on Indirect Taxes and Direct Taxes which reaches more than 70000 professionals. He is also a visiting faculty for Direct & Indirect Taxes in The Institute Of Chartered Accountants of India, Institute of Cost Accountants of India, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, The Indian Chamber of Commerce, The Merchant Chamber and other Business Forums. He has also delivered Lectures at various Government Taxation Forums including the CGST & SGST Departments across the country.He has more than 20 years of experience in the field of Indirect & Direct Taxation. He was also an All India Rank holder in CA Final Examination conducted by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.His books on taxation include the following –• GST Appellate Tribunal (GSTAT) - June 2024• GST PLEADING AND PRACTISE - JUNE 2024 - All India Best Seller• HOW TO HANDLE GST LITIGATIONS - Sept. 2022• HANDBOOK ON GST 2022 - Aug 2022• GST PLEADING AND PRACTISE - Aug 2021 - All India Best Seller• SECTION-WISE COMPENDIUM ON GST – Oct 2020• INTEGRATED APPROACH TO GST E-INVOICE, E-WAYBILL & RETURN E-FILING – Oct 2020• COMMENTARY ON UNION BUDGET 2020– Feb 2020• COMMENTARY ON DIRECT TAX VIVAAD SE VISHWAS SCCHEME – Feb 2020• SECTION-WISE COMMENTARY ON GST – SEPTEMBER 2018• HOW TO HANDLE GST-TDS, GST-TCS, GST AUDIT & GST ANNUAL RETURN – NOVEMBER 2018• COMMENTARY ON UNION BUDGET 2019 – July 2019• WITHDRAWAL OF LEGAL TENDER 2016